Connecticut western news., 1887-06-15
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William Aimison, of Nashville, was TO- elected President of the International Typo graphical Union.
 Cambridge University has conferred an honorary degree upon Prof. Gray, of Harvard College.
 MT. Parnell gains in strength and weight daily.
 Tt is again reported from Berlin that the three Emperors are to meet soon.
 The will of Mrs. Henry Wood, the novel; ist, bequeathes f36, 900 to her children.
 The Canadian Parliament has appropri- ated sl ,00O, 900 for the new Sault Ste. Marie Canal
 Mrs. Hattie Updike, wife of 8 prominent cattle ranch owner of Topeka, kan., died sud- denly at the residence of friend in Kansas City. Mrs. Updike had suffered from dropsy and gangrene finally set in. She had placed herself under the ire atment of Mrs. Emma Behan, "Christian scientist" This treat ment consists in trying to convince yourself that you are not diseased, but are suffering from imagination. The coroner gave Q cer- ti6cate to the effect that death was due to modification of the right foot. The remains were shipped to New York, where deceased formerly resided.
 Revelations in the London police courts show that the infamous traffic in young girls was not wholly broken up by the Pall Mall Gazette exposures.
 The inscription which Congress ordered in 1786 to be placed upon the monument of Gen. Nathaniel Greene in the Capitol at Wash ington has just been completed.
 The French Government has informed French ambassadors abroad that France can- not assent to the Anglo-Turkish convention except as basis for negotiations.
 Mir. George Draper, of Hopedale, Mass, who has done much to develop the manufac- ture of cotton goods in this country, died al years.
 A large number of counterfeit nickels are in circulation throughout the West, and the secret service has been enlisted against them. The officers are easily deceived as to their genuineness.
 Phil Armour presented $50 greenback to Conductor s. NJ. O'Brien, who so gallantly risked his life to save 8 four-year-old child who stood on the track in front of an ap- reaching train at Hurley, Wis.,
 -Nebraska is to be quarantined against Colo rado cattle in retaliation for an alleged unjust quarantine imposed by the latter state.
 The chief bondsman of John Arensdorf, who is accused of the Paddock murder al Sioux City, has applied for a release from his bond.
 pr. O. P. Walker, one of the oldest and best known men of Milwaukee, has been con- fsaenced out of $6, 575 by couple of unknown sharpers.
 The flood at Johnstown, Pa, has caused the suspension of street car travel, and the gas works are under water, leaving the town in darkness.
 The annual statement of the Merchants Bank of Montreal compares most favorably with that of last year. The net profits, after deducting appropriations for bad and doubt ful debts, amounted to S623, 9SS go, over 10 per cent. on the capital, and au increase of S90, 2la. 9o over last year.
 A premature explosion of blast in one of the Coosa tunnels of the Georgia Central Railroad extension from Good Water, Ala, to , Birmingham killed two negro workmen and injured several others.
 Reports of officers of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in session at Madison, Wis, show that the order is retrograding in membership there being loss of 400 in 1886, including IA deaths. The present membership is 15,013 with seventy-fve lodges.
 It is said the Government contemplate postponing the Paris Exhibition, which was t have been held in 1890.
 The municipal council of Paris has passed . vote of censure on the prefect of police, tn minister of the interior, and the minister O fine arts, whom the council holds rcsponsibl for the recent disaster at the Opera Comique The council has also adopted resolution granting theatres, cafes and concert halls thrc months within which to substitute electri lights for gas.
 The annual meeting of the Suez Cana Company showed that the years receipts wer $1,060,O 900 less than tho of 1885. A div dend was declared of 7511sf. per share. Charle de Lesseps announced that there would be n ur.her reduction of tho tariff until the re ceipts enable the company to pay dividen of 90f. per share.